All 5 Uses of
cadence
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "Only a shepherd," Gabriel repeated, in a dull cadence of finality.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- "He's a clever man, and 'tis a true comfort for us to have such a shepherd," murmured Joseph Poorgrass, in a soft cadence.†
Chpt 7-9
- "I suppose not," said Gabriel bitterly, and going on with his turning, his words rising and falling in a regular swell and cadence as he stooped or rose with the winch, which directed them, according to his position, perpendicularly into the earth, or horizontally along the garden, his eyes being fixed on a leaf upon the ground.†
Chpt 19-21
- "If I am useless I will go," said Bathsheba, in a flagging cadence.†
Chpt 37-39
- The parson's words spread into the heavy air with a sad yet unperturbed cadence, and Gabriel shed an honest tear.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(cadence) rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds or movements